Jennifer Fitzgerald


Jennifer Fitzgerald is an American CEO and co-founder of an online insurance site, Policygenius.

Early life

Fitzgerald went to Graham High School in Bluefield, Virginia and was a Peace Corps volunteer for the World Bank. She later graduated from Florida State University and Columbia Law School.

Career

Fitzgerald started her career at McKinsey & Company as a consultant in 2008. In 2014, Fitzgerald co-founded Policygenius, an insurance marketplace to sell life insurance online. At Policygenius, she secured $52 million in venture capital, making her one of four women in fintech to raise over $50 million.
In 2018 and 2019, Fitzgerald was named to the Inc.'s Female Founders 100. In 2019, she was named Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur of the Year New York.